The Programme Initiation Document sets out the policy of the Partnership Board for the management of the BCT Programme. Over its development, comment and input have been received from EY, the BCT Clinical Reference Group, Public and Patient Group, Implementation Group, senior Finance staff and Chief Officers covering both health and social care.

The Strategic Outline Case (SOC) sets out the business case for the BCT Programme as being the preferred way forward to deliver the plans set out in LLR the Five Year Plan published in June 2014. The SOC is designed to be a 'wrapper' for all the future transformation business cases which will be required for the system to realise its vision. It has been developed and reviewed by external consultants EY through the BCT Partnership Chief Officers, Delivery Group and Finance officers groups.

Draft STP plan for LLR November 2016The draft plan was the subject of extensive engagement with the public and patients. Feedback on this document highlighted some important changes we need to make. A Next Steps for Better Care Together document will be published in July.

"Our plan has been developed with clinicians across LLR, who understand the needs of local people, and with feedback from patients about what they expect. Our plan means that we will need to do things in a different way, encourage people to make better informed healthcare decisions and be more responsible for their own healthcare. Hospital is not the right place for everyone, some people can be better treated in the community.” Dr Nicholas Scott, deputy head of service, Emergency Department, Leicester Royal Infirmary.

NHS Long Term Plan As medicine advances, health needs change and society develops, the NHS has to continually move forward so that in 10 years time we have a service fit for the future. The NHS Long Term Plan is drawn up by frontline staff, patients groups, and national experts to be ambitious but realistic.